The New Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Law and Practice, According to Present American Usage: Together with a Working Code for Societies

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Thompson Brown Company (Johnson, Blagden & McTurnan), 1912 - 263 sider
 

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Quorum
13
Absence of a quorum
14
OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES 12 The necessary officers
16
The presiding officer
17
Conduct of the presiding officer
18
Power of the chair
19
To deal with obstructive procedure
20
Vicepresidents and substitutes
21
Other duties of the secretary
23
Other officers
24
Explanation of terms
33
The older usage
39
To postpone indefinitely
47
Motions pending execution of the order
53
Committees in general
54
The motion to amend
60
Effect of motion to strike out and insert
66
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76
CHAPTER IX
82
A call for the orders of the
88
CHAPTER X
91
Suspension of the rules
96
To make a special order
97
SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTIONS SECTION PAGE 87 Supplementary questions as a class
101
To discharge a committee
102
Reconsideration in general
103
The motion to reconsider
105
Special rules as to moving a reconsideration
106
Reconsideration of subsidiary questions
110
To rescind or repeal
112
COMMITTEES 96 Nature and use of committees
113
Kinds of committees
114
Organization of committees
115
Procedure in committees
117
Preparing a report
119
Minority reports or views of the minority
120
Forms of reports
121
Presenting a report
122
Action on reports
123
Special cases of reports
124
Committee of the Whole
126
Consideration as if in committee
131
DEBATE 108 Debate in general
133
Relevancy in debate
135
Times of speaking
136
When debate closes
137
Yielding the floor
138
Debatability of motions
139
MEASURES OF DISCIPLINE 114 Disorderly words
142
As to penalties
144
Trial of members
145
When a question comes to vote
148
Majority vote
150
Voting by ayes and noes
151
Division by a rising vote
152
Other modes of division
154
Voting by yeas and nays
155
Code or rules of order
170
WORKING CODE
173
Table of Classified Motions
174
GENERAL PROCEDURE 201 Nature and purpose of code
177
Quorum
178
Officers
179
Debate
180
Voting by ayes and noes
182
Division of the assembly
183
Voting by ballot and Rule A
184
Voting by yeas and nays
185
Consideration by paragraphs
186
A majority
187
A twothirds vote
188
Discipline
189
Privileged questions as a class
190
To fix the time and place for reassembling
191
To take a recess
192
Questions of privilege
193
Orders of the day
194
Questions of order
195
Appeal and Rule B
196
Questions as to reading papers
197
Leave to withdraw a motion
198
Special orders
199
To determine mode of procedure and Rule C
201
To divide the question and Rule D
202
SUBSIDIARY QUESTIONS 233 Subsidiary questions as a class
203
Question of consideration
204
To lay on the table
205
The previous question
206
To postpone to a certain day
208
To refer to a committee
209
Amendment of an amendment
210
Amendment of the main question
211
Amendments removing the main question
214
To postpone indefinitely
215
SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTIONS 243 Supplementary motions as a class
216
To discharge a committee
217
Reconsideration
218
To rescind or repeal
222
Organization
223
Preparing a report
224
Reporting to the assembly
225
Acting on a report
226
Committee of the Whole
227
FORMS AND MODELS 255 Constitution for a school society
233
Bylaws appended to the constitution
238
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242
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243
Model of minutes for a school society
244
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247
Form of a resolution for debate
251
Form of roll for yeas and nays
252
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Side xx - THE GREAT PURPOSE OF ALL RULES AND FORMS, IS TO SUBSERVE THE WILL OF THE ASSEMBLY RATHER THAN TO RESTRAIN IT; TO FACILITATE, AND NOT TO OBSTRUCT, THE EXPRESSION OF THEIK DELIBERATE SENSE.
Side 41 - York ; and that it be referred to a special committee of five, to be appointed by the...
Side 51 - SUMNER moved to amend the resolution by striking out all after the word " Resolved/' and inserting : The amendment was rejected.
Side xxiii - To receive and submit, in the proper manner, nil motions and propositions presented by the members; To put to vote all questions which are regularly moved, or which necessarily arise in the course of proceedings, and to announce the result; To restrain...
Side 91 - ... and by whom, a motion to reconsider may be made; thus, for example, that it shall be made only on the same or a succeeding day, — by a member who voted with the majority, — or at a time when there are as many members present as there were when the vote was passed; but, where there is no special rule on the subject, a motion to reconsider must be considered in the same light as any other motion, and as subject to no other rules.
Side xxiii - ... who are to serve on committees; and in general To represent and stand for the assembly, declaring its will, and in all things obeying its commands.
Side 55 - If an amendment by striking out is agreed to, it cannot be afterwards moved to insert the same words struck out or a part of - them ; but it may be moved to insert the same •words with others, or a part of the same words •with others, provided the coherence to be inserted make these propositions substantially different from the first.
Side 54 - ... the same words with others,* or a part of the same words with others, provided the coherence be such as to make these propositions really different from the first.
Side 73 - It is the duty of the presiding officer to enforce the rules and orders of the assembly, without debate or delay. It is also the right of every member, who notices a breach of a rule to insist upon its enforcement. In such cases he shall rise from his seat, and say, "Mr. Chairman, I rise to a point of order.
Side xxiii - ... by taking the chair and calling the members to order ; To announce the business before the assembly in the order in which it is to be acted upon...

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